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limekiln
[lahym-kil, -kiln]
noun
a kiln or furnace for making lime by calcining limestone or shells.
limekiln
/ ˈɪˌɪ /
noun
a kiln in which calcium carbonate is calcined to produce quicklime
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
He bought the parcel, on which he found a well-preserved old limekiln.
I left her for dead, and if there had been a limekiln as nigh her as there is now nigh you, she shouldn’t have come to life again.
He stepped back and watched as the monks wandered from the boiler houses to the limekiln to the pulp mill, chanting, burning candles and gently tapping a gong.
The 228-acre property straddles the river, with a manufacturing complex on the Maryland riverbank and a limekiln and a million-gallon storage tank on the West Virginia side.
Nearby hiking trails to the limekilns and a waterfall.
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